Snow in August, Pete Hamill
Snow in August, Pete Hamill
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Snow in August
A Novel

Author: Pete Hamill

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged: 12 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/17/2020


Synopsis

Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time—and another triumph for Pete Hamill.

Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague.

Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship—and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out—a miracle . . .

About Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn in 1935 and is, for many, the living embodiment of New York City. In his writing for the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and New York magazine, he has brought the city to life for millions of readers. He is the author of many bestselling books, including the novels Forever and Snow in August, as well the memoir A Drinking Life. He recently moved back to Brooklyn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessaka on November 18, 2018

I have mixed feelings about this book. It started out pretty good, and for most part, I really enjoyed it, but there were parts that bothered me. Snow in August is about an eleven year old boy, Michael and his friends who live in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1947 just after WWII had ended. They go into a candy......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on February 10, 2021

An absolutely enchanting, magical, sociological, psychological, and cultural novel about a 1947 Brooklyn neighborhood in which its citizens are mostly Irish Catholic, Italian, and Jewish. The agony of World War II and its suffering and lost are still a very big part of their everyday life. They live......more

Goodreads review by JoAnne on June 10, 2011

SNOW IN AUGUST Pete Hamill This destined to be a classic book is a gorgeous trip to the world of miracles. An 11 year old Irish Catholic boy and an elderly Jewish rabbi meet in Brooklyn in the 1940’s. The magic of their relationship is poignant and breathtakingly touching despite their lives being thr......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on July 03, 2007

This is one of very few books that I have read more than once (why read something again when you know what will happen and there are so many other choices out there?). I think I've read this 5 times. I dislike hardcover books but I am purchasing this in HC so I will have it forever. Just seeing this......more

Goodreads review by Kate on November 10, 2007

I actually really enjoyed this book. The 3 star rating is because the ending disappointed me terribly. But up until then, I loved it. It's the story of a young Catholic boy who befriends a Jewish rabbi during the early 1940s in New York City. It's really captivating and the characters are endearing.......more